Climate Change

The global climate is shifting. The changing nature of our world is creating urgent challenges, as well as expansive opportunities, for every city, state, and nation.

In Arkansas, we must choose to purposeful and proactively respond to climate change. Arkansas has a rich tradition of agriculture, timber production, and outdoor recreation, all rooted in the soil of our beautiful State. To preserve our legacy and be stewards of our future, Arkansas needs to be a leader in the fight against climate change. Our economic security, environmental purity, and social stability rest in our ability to preserve the natural, economic, and human resources around us.

Proactively responding to climate change can have positive benefits for everyone.

We can create new jobs in clean energy sectors, the circular economy, and waste reduction, helping make our economy more robust and more resilient.

We can make our businesses more energy and resource efficient, leading to increased profitability, flexibility, and accountability.

We can make our homes, our transportation options, and our food choices less carbon intensive, improving our physical health while reducing utility and fuel costs.
We can lead the world in climate change mitigation and preparedness, building respect and alliances with other nations.

By responding proactively and purposefully to global climate change, we can improve the world for future generations while preserving and protecting the ways of life that we hold dear.

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The City of Fayetteville wishes to acknowledge and attribute the information contained in this webpage to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies who have spent decades advancing the fight against climate change. We also wish to acknowledge and thank the City of Chicago for migrating the data from the EPA site in order to preserve its accessibility for future use. While this information may not be readily available on the EPA website right now, Fayetteville is committed to providing our citizens with information about climate change and the actions we can take in response.